A review by kerri_strikes_back
The Exiled Queen by Cinda Williams Chima

2.0

2.5 stars. This read like a filler book in the series to me. Han AND Raisa both had Harry-Potter-and-the-Order-of-the-Phoenix level teen angst/guilt/anger, which irritated me even as it was probably reasonable. The first half of the book mostly described their education, which I found repetitive. Things did get more interesting once they finally

Spoiler

met, and we get a hint of where the rest of the series is going. TOTALLY CALLED IT about Crow not necessarily being a stand up dude and ALSO that the hidden book room belonged to "His Royal Highness Alger Waterlow." (And having finished the series it would have been super cool if this whole room had come back into play at some point, although since Alger stops being a douche it probably it's too necessary.)